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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writing to you about my son John, the sports editor of your newspaper. I know you are a respected figure around the campus and on The Crimson, so I though perhaps you could help...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Not a 'Dear John' Letter | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...that time Anastasio Somoza Garcia, father of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, was dictator. Somoza was brought to power by the marines in the early '30s and enjoyed Washington's consistent support. Somoza, a fervent capitalist who, like his son, never hesitated to use the state apparatus to augment his personal fortune, was logically enough fervently anti-communist. Given Somoza's anti-communism, Nicaragua's strategic position in the heart of Central America, and the possibility of building a second transisthmian canal through Nicaraguan territory, the U.S. was more than happy to prop up the Somoza regime both militarily and economically...

Author: By Charles H. Roberts, | Title: U.S.-Sponsored Genocide | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

...Hung-ch'i and his wife Ch'en Su-ch'ing, both 42, and their oldest daughter, Ts'ao Su-wing, 24, work in Kweilin's Measuring Equipment Factory (micrometers, T squares, etc.). A younger daughter works at another plant, and their son is in school. As a factory worker's son, the boy has a good chance of being accepted at a university - if he can pass his exams and shows a "good attitude." The Ts'aos' combined monthly income is about $117. They pay $2.40 a month, including electricity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: A Tale of Two Families | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Milligan's multiple personality, like others, is a desperate attempt to handle conflicting emotions by parceling them out to different "people" and is associated with a severely warped childhood. The illegitimate son of two Florida entertainers, Milligan was three when his father committed suicide. His stepfather physically abused his mother and sodomized young Milligan, threatening to bury him alive if he told. As a teen-ager in Ohio, Milligan fell into trances and walked the streets in a daze. He was incarcerated twice, once for rape, once for robbery, and failed at every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Man with Ten Personalities | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...band Arkadi (Robert Symonds) a total bore. She whiles away the lazy hours with a sophisticated neighbor, Rakitin (Paul Hecht), whose one-man-talk show masks the desire he feels for her. A coltishly appealing young man named Aleksei (Mark Lamos) is brought in to tutor Natalya's son. One look at him and Natalya half falls, half dives into the vortex of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love in Limbo | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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